The topic of gas stoves ignited a heated debate last year when a Biden appointee suggested they could be banned because they posed a risk to human health.
But a ban isn’t in the works — and this week the administration will finalize a scaled-back plan to make new stoves less energy-intensive.
In what way do you find electric ranges miserable?
I’ve used gas when I was growing up. I didn’t cook as much then but the main thing I remember about it is the gas pipe freezing most winters and having to grab matches to light it during power cuts. (obviously electric is worse during a power cut, but that’s a big memory I have for some reason)
I’ve used induction before and it’s just annoying. My sister’s one made a really loud noise that you could hear from other rooms, and it always turned itself off if I picked up the pan.
Electric is what I currently have and it’s fine. I don’t use my wok any more because you can’t wrap the heat around like you can with flames, but everything else is just fine. It’s easy enough to control the temperature and there’s a lot less wasted heat going into the kitchen rather than the food.
Have you ever tried making a roux on electric? Proper heat control is next to impossible with electric ranges…and if you are cooking, that is a critical part of the process
Some of the newer induction stoves have temperature sensors in them, letting you set pot temperature rather than the amount of heat you put in. You get WAY better temperature control than I ever did with gas as a result.
I think part of that is about what saucepan you use. If you’ve got thicker saucepans with a higher heat capacity, they can ride out the cycles of an electric cooker better and give a much smoother average temperature.